blake, william - illustrations of the book of job
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William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. His prophetic poetry has been said to form "what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the English language".[1] His visual artistry led one contemporary art critic to proclaim him "far and away the greatest artist Britain has ever produced".[2] In 2002, Blake was placed at number 38 in the BBC's poll of the 100 Greatest Britons.[3] Although he lived in London his entire life (except for three years spent in Felpham),[4] he produced a diverse and symbolically rich corpus, which embraced the imagination as "the body of God"[5] or "human existence itself".[6]Considered mad by contemporaries for his idiosyncratic views, Blake is held in high regard by later critics for his expressiveness and creativity, and for the philosophical and mystical undercurrents within his work. His paintings and poetry have been characterised as part of the Romantic movement and "Pre-Romantic",[7] for its large appearance in the 18th century. Reverent of the Bible but hostile to the Church of England (indeed, to all forms of organised religion), Blake was influenced by the ideals and ambitions of the French and American revolutions,[8] though later he rejected many of these beliefs he maintained an amiable relationship with Thomas Paine, he was also influenced by thinkers such as Emanuel Swedenborg.[9] Despite these known influences, the singularity of Blake's work makes him difficult to classify. The 19th-century scholar William Rossetti characterised him as a "glorious luminary,"[10] and "a man not forestalled by predecessors, nor to be classed with contemporaries, nor to be replaced by known or readily surmisable successors".[11]TRANSCRIPT
ILLUSTRATIONSOF THE
BOOK OF JOBINVENTED AND ENGRAVED
BY WILLIAM BLAKE
A NEW EDITION
NEW YORKD. APPLETON & COMPANY
1903
NOTEHPHIS Issue is reproduced in reduced
facsimile from the original Edition
published by William Blake in the year
18216
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TUs did Job oontinuaJiy
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*. OIlerkdtfearrdGod
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WKal Iskall we recieve Good
attKe KaWI ofCod <fcska!l we not, also
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And vvkcu rKey lifted up tKejr eye^ atar off 3r W-w Kim not
v," tJwv lifted HIJ their voice &. wept.&. they ront. every Man. Kii'
xantk- &SprmWcd dust upon tkei r Kcads towards Kea
Lo let tftat nigkt be solitary
&. let nojoyful
voice come
Let tKc Day ucri.sk wherein I W;LS Born.
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Aiu tKey sat down vntlr him upon tKe^roundsevcir Axys &seven^
nighty &;i\one spak.-a v\\, fl! imholum for tKry avtKat !ns grief
Tken i). Spirit plsed Kffore my face /j?the kairofmv ftcffkjjtood up
way tU I take
-ferlkUkc 9ol<i
\ "Hie Just Upngkt Mart is iuugkedl to scorn
Manlkit is Urn L.fs-Womanisof ft
& '
v,v
short, tkejoy
of the hyuoo-ii
but for d moment
Satan Ininnlf'S tM:i(onnl m'oanAnjtl of Uga A.1iisMii,Ul< I ini.-Miu^K-n of
k Dreans upon mv bed Hion 5~nre.sl nu?
j-u persecute me ss iJoJ J&dix*. net. s.uijiWt iili my Ucsti-. Oil llwl my word>vc,
, ! -.'.v.,!! sr.: k r Mv.sv !?'/.-.,J
** rf//f^^ F" K-^p-%^^^SMIJ-& r.^r/ tKewav^ofMan^eo^netU^VM^ *^ l\
oous ir ikvDauel'trrs were
West Brothers \rux\5r. t>t liuja ll'.ere came
5wolc upcixiiie lo '.'.: iaces oi tl'.e !xou.se. i itfc'f
And I only am escaped alone to tell theeri^v
OWh.leJu-wdsvrtspcakmg ^amc also anotlier& 5aid
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fGod is fallen from lu
n &, consumetl ikcnv & 1 only am
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Then. weatSalaa fortk from t.ke Presence of the Lord'
TUcn Ine Lord answered Job out o
HWO*4rWn~.
nrf Stars ^aiig togedter. & all il, e
shoutexi for i
Aad smote Job witk sore Boils
from tke sole of Kis foot \o the crown of his Kead
?i
Seltold now BeKemotkwKick I made witk tkee
7^ r *~sz&****-^-^>r^
Ami my Servant Job shallpray
Tor you
ndthrLord turiwJrh* captivity ofjcb-^hm hepijyetl (or his Frieivds
.LvcryOflC also gave Kim apiece ofMi >>
&
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were not found Women fair as llic Daughters of jot
j
\, M all tke Land iJC tlinr fatlu-rgave thcin I
So tl.e Lord blclsec! tlve latter e/idof Job
more than the begmnmjr
After ikis Job li\-e
an. Kurwired fefoi't e
Sons-s Sows
